Replace any gaskets that are broken, brittle, crumbling. While you have it apart, it's easiest to do them all. I notice that your last photo is of the griddle top seat....your gasket is missing entirely there....be sure to remove the old cement before installing the new gaskets.
Check link below to find parts diagram for your particular Intrepid model.
http://www.discountstove.com/partsvcwbfreestanding.htm
I'll add to my response below, which is from another thread about a used Intrepid.
I’ve got the 1303 version, made in 1987. Can’t afford a new VC, so bought one used Aug 2005 for $275. Black enamel finish.
Issues with my used VC Intrepid:
-I had to rebuild the stove, as it was no longer air-tight from being moved about and it’s age. Plan on rebuilding if you buy used (unless it’s relatively new and you can move it without stressing it). If you rebuild, take pictures/notes as you disassemble....it was a bit tricky getting the fireback parts back in until I got the sequence correct. Don't assume it's airtight....take the time to fix it now. Also, check inside the firebox for daylight at the corner near the primary air flap, where the vertical tie rod comes up from the firebox floor. You shouldn't be able to see daylight out there. Air is supposed to come in the flap and follow channels around the ashpan and up behind the sheet metal on the doors to wash across the inside face of the glass. Use some stove cement to fill any open gap at the tie rod. If you look into the air flap from the outside and see ashes in the air channel, you may have an opening that's allowing ash to drop down and air to bypass it's proper path to the door glass.
-I also had to replace a few fiberglass gaskets...doors, griddle top (buy by the foot cheaply from mcmaster carr online). If you have glass in the doors, check that the glass is not loose and gaskets are ok. You may have to tighten the screw clips holding the glass. While looking at the doors, make sure air channels behind the sheet metal screwed to the inside of the doors are not obstructed.
-Did not have bottom heat shield. Easily made from heavy gauge alum. panel from an old alum. storm door.
-Black enamel is heavily failed on top, and chipped elsewhere. I don’t know if the top failure is from previous owner over-firing, or late 80s-early 90s quality control problem. Haven’t figured out a good way to fix, other than inpainting missing enamel with high temp flat black to somewhat hide the damage.
-Small chunk of metal popped out at a hinge pin seat. Fixed with Pyro-Putty 2400 by aremco--high temp metal repair. (The cracked piece was hidden by enamel finish and only became apparent when one of the doors wouldn’t lift out of its pin seats. The pins seemed to have been forced down at some point or damaged by heat over time. I eventually was able to ease them out, but then the cracked part of the pin seat fell out.) If you buy used, check pin seats carefully for cracks, but remember they can be fixed relatively inexpensively....however, all things being equal, an undamaged stove is better of course.
-Still has original secondary air probe...basically a big chunk of copper wire attached to a bimetal coil that controls small hidden damper for secondary combustion air. Probe has been heavily eroded, but still functions. Should probably be replaced. I can't tell from your first photo...is the metal shutter still hanging by a wire from the metallic coil? Check that it's correct, otherwise you'll have problems getting the cat to work. Also, my metallic coil loosened itself from the probe, so that it spun loosely and never raised and lowered the secondary air damper. Make sure that it's set up correctly on your stove.
-Cat. converter needed to be replaced. If buying used, open stove up to look at the cat converter and the refractory assembly that holds it. Note, that depending upon which Intrepid model you have, the cat is removed from the back or from inside the firebox.
If the cat is cracked and missing pieces, you’ll need to spend about $100 to replace (less if buying Clear Skies). The refract. chamber is a fragile paperlike material...kind of like acoustic ceiling tiles...check to make sure it hasn’t been damaged by a previous owner. I think that’s also about a $100 part. I repaired mine with a paste of stove cement and perlite. Be very careful if you rebuild to not damage the chamber (the white thing in your photos)...it can only be removed by removing the fireback.
Good Luck.